Female sign Emoji
Symbols
A dark circle resting above a small cross, representing the female gender symbol. It is often displayed as a clean, bold graphic used to denote biological sex or gender identity.
Usage Context
This symbol is frequently used to identify women's spaces, distinguish gendered products, or categorize demographic data. It is commonly paired with its counterpart, the ♂, to signify relationships, gender parity, or binary classifications.
History
Based on the astronomical symbol for the planet Venus, this sign has been used in biology and chemistry since the 18th century to represent the female sex. It was brought into the digital age when Unicode standardized it for character sets, eventually becoming a standard fixture in modern text messaging.
Details
Glyph
♀
Unicode
U+2640
Shortcode
:emoji_u2640:
HTML Entity
♀
Specifications
Vendor Microsoft
Category Symbols
Subcategory gender
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License MIT
Microsoft Fluent License
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Microsoft Fluent Emoji assets are licensed under the MIT License. Certain assets—such as Clippy, country flags, and Microsoft product/brand trademarks—are excluded from this license and may not be used without separate permission.
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